{"id":493712,"date":"2014-03-01T00:15:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:34:35","slug":"saving-alex-zanardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/saving-alex-zanardi\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Alex Zanardi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<figure id=\"attachment_522587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522587\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-522587 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Stephen E. OlveyPhoto: Dan R. Boyd USA LAT Photographic\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-522587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Stephen E. Olvey<br \/>Photo: Dan R. Boyd USA LAT Photographic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I met Alex Zanardi back in the late \u201990s when he first came into Indycar racing. My impression at the time was: what a happy, friendly guy. Alex is the type of person who shortly after you first meet him you feel like you\u2019d known him for a long time, and that he was going to be a good friend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most important parts of my job as Director of Medical Affairs for CART was to make sure that the medical facilities we might have to use at a particular event were in place, that we went to the right hospital, used the right ambulance service, had the right helicopter, had the right doctors on call, knew who the best surgeons were and so on. This task was much more difficult to do when you went overseas, because of unfamiliarity and language issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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One of the most important parts of my job as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":522585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18323,17152,17143,17220],"class_list":["post-493712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2010s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-legends-speak"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saving Alex Zanardi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saving Alex Zanardi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/saving-alex-zanardi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saving Alex Zanardi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saving Alex Zanardi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/saving-alex-zanardi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-01T00:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T22:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LS201403-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/saving-alex-zanardi\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/saving-alex-zanardi\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Saving Alex Zanardi\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-01T00:15:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T22:34:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/saving-alex-zanardi\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1657,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/saving-alex-zanardi\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/LS201403-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2010s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (Legends Speak)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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